हर एक का अपना अलग ताना-बना है..,
ज़िद मगर आफताब की माहताब वो हो जाए..!
मुखोटों में रहने वाले
क्या जाने लुत्फ़
जो नग्न सच्चाई में है..,
झुका लेते हैं नज़र एक ज़रा रोशनाई से..!
कह दूँ जो में खुद को खुदा
तो होते हैं वो खफा..,
अमा खां..
हमने ये कब कहा की तुम शैतान हो..!
भगवान् करे ऐसा हो जाए
भगवान् करे वैसा हो जाए..,
अरे भाई..
सब कुछ भगवान् ही करे
पर पहले भगत का " मैं " तो मरे..!
ये ना मिल पाने की तड़प
तुम में हो तो हो..,
हम रोज मिल लेते हैं अपने आप से..!
इश्कनुमा दोस्ती की है जब
तो यूँ गमखार ना बन..,
की दूरियाँ करवा देंती हैं तार्रुफ्फ़
उस सुरजनुमा इश्क से
जो डूबता ही नहीं कहकशां में कभी..!
दो का खेल...
कहने को तो एक ही गला है
फिर भी दोगला हो जाता है आदमी..,
जरुर..
दोआँखों से कुछ और ही बोल जाता है आदमी..!
सुनता तो है वो गाना एक ही
दोगाने का गाना मगर गाए जाता है आदमी..,
जरुर..
दो कानों से कुछ ज्यादा ही सुन लेता है आदमी..!
दो नैना मतवारे कैसे ना जुलम करें
देखे एक और कहे दो जब आदमी..,
जरुर..
दो आँखों से दो आलम को दूश्वार कर लेता है आदमी..!
दो साँसों का खेल है सारा
कहता है जिसे संसार ये आदमी..,
जरुर..
दू नाली के दम से मरते दम हो जाता दो-चार है आदमी..!
यूँ तो दोस्ती - दुश्मनी का बोलबाला है दुनिया में
दो दिल मगर मिल जाए तो खिल जाता है आदमी..,
जरुर..
दिल ही दिल में दो से चार हुआ चाहता है आदमी..!
दो लगा के चल दिए
भरी दोपहरी में ' मनीष '
दुलत्ती से उनकी कब बच सका है आदमी..,
जरुर..
दुराग्रही, दुराचारी, दूषित दुस्वप्न है ये आदमी..!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
मुलाक़ात :
मिलो तो शिकायत करते हैं वो,
ना मिलो तो गिले रखते हैं वो..
सोचता हूँ अपना लूँ उन्ही की एक अदा,
मिल कर भी तो नहीं मिलते हैं वो..
हाथ मिलते हैं तपाक से जब मिलते हैं वो,
नज़रे मिलती हैं इत्तेफाक से जब मिलते हैं वो..
गले मिलने की रस्म भी बाखुदा निभा देते हैं वो,
दिल मिलाने की करूँ जुर्रत तो या खुदा!! चिल्ला देते हैं वो..
आते ही जाने का एलान कर देते हैं वो,
जाते-जाते फिर आने का वायेदा भी कर जाते हैं वो..
कुछ इधर-उधर की बातें, फिर मेरा हाल पूछते हैं वो,
तेज धडकनों को मेरी मौसमी बुखार कह देते हैं वो..
इश्क को मेरे दोस्ती कहते हैं वो,
दीवानगी से मेरी अनजान रहते हैं वो..
बयां पर मेरे हौले से एक चपत लगा देते हैं वो,
एक आँख दबा कर जाने क्यूँ मुस्कुरा देते हैं वो..
थाम लूँ जो वो चपत वाला हाथ तो शरमा जाते हैं वो,
आँखें फिर तरेर कर इतरा जाते हैं वो..
सीख लो तुम भी ज़माने के तौर-तरीके 'मनीष',
हमदर्दी से भरी ये ताकीद कर जाते हैं वो..
Monday, October 18, 2010
ये रावण..!!
सदियों से तो जलता आया है ये रावण...
पल-पल फिर भी पनपता आया है ये रावण...
इस बार १०२ फीट का जलाकर भी देख लिया, न मरा,
जाने किस मिटटी का बना है ये रावण..!!
हर साल चला आता है अपने दस-दस मुहँ उठाये,
नाभि पे लगे तीरों से भी अब तो उबर चूका है ये रावण..!!
कभी हुआ करता होगा ये बुराई का प्रतीक,
अब तो अच्छाई पर बुराई की जीत का प्रतीक है ये रावण..!!
उधर राम सारे अटके पड़े हैं जन्म-भूमि विवाद में,
इधर अपनी तादाद और शक्ति बढ़ाता जाता है ये रावण..!!
नहीं..नहीं, इस रावण की नहीं ना है जात कोई,
हर एक में एक समान विचरता है ये रावण..!!
मैं भी रावण, ये भी रावण और हाँ.. तुम भी रावण,
रावणों की भीड़ देखो जला रही लंकापति रावण..!!
देख ये तमाशा बच्चे पीट रहें हैं ताली,
सीख रहे पहला ये सबक के कभी ना मरता है ये रावण..!!
जिंदा रहता है वो हम सब के कर्मों में,
बौने राम पर अट्ठाहस लगता है ये रावण..!!
जागो राम अब जागो तुम..!
के तुम्हारे ही पराक्रम से धाराशायी होगा ये रावण..!!
कुछ मत करो..बस हर कदम तुम होश से उठाओ,
देखें अगले बरस किस तरह फिर खड़ा होता है ये रावण..!!
दशरथ-पुत्र राम से नहीं तुम से कहता है 'मनीष',
मार गिराओ मुझको के.,
मैं ही रावण, मैं ही रावण, मैं ही रावण..........!!
Monday, October 11, 2010
THE INFIDELITY STORY..
Infidelity towards a person can never happen on this planet earth.
Do not be shocked to read the
statement..because it is a truth.
But then...truth is what shocks us..isn't it?
yup...most of the times it does so...
yup...most of the times it does so...
Infidelity just happens in the mind.
Our mind tells us that we have been cheated by the other person who is now in love with someone else too.
The ego feels the hurt, not because anything substantial has changed between the two lovers, but because it feels disgusted to see that the love which he/she thought to be a sole propriety right of his/her till now, is been shared with someone else too.
It unnecessarily compares self with this third person and most of the times finds itself much better than this third entity and starts calling his/her lover as infidel, scoundrel, sex-maniac, or a cheat.
The third person also gets his/her due share of being called with derogatory names such as whore, gigolo, mistress or a home-breaker.
Our mind tells us that we have been cheated by the other person who is now in love with someone else too.
The ego feels the hurt, not because anything substantial has changed between the two lovers, but because it feels disgusted to see that the love which he/she thought to be a sole propriety right of his/her till now, is been shared with someone else too.
It unnecessarily compares self with this third person and most of the times finds itself much better than this third entity and starts calling his/her lover as infidel, scoundrel, sex-maniac, or a cheat.
The third person also gets his/her due share of being called with derogatory names such as whore, gigolo, mistress or a home-breaker.
On very rare occasions, when the mind uncommonly yet unnecessarily accepts its inferiority in comparison to this third person, it sulks, gets depressed and tries to kill the self.
It feels and believes that its numero uno [Number one] position has been threatened and that, he/she is dislodged from its imaginary position.
Suicidal tendencies, as also the criminal tendencies, are born out of such needless state of total despair and hopelessness.
It feels and believes that its numero uno [Number one] position has been threatened and that, he/she is dislodged from its imaginary position.
Suicidal tendencies, as also the criminal tendencies, are born out of such needless state of total despair and hopelessness.
Both the above states are indicative of the extreme positions taken by the mind and since we are attached so much to our minds and bodies that we cannot see ourselves as a separate entity altogether, we fail to feel ourselves in perfect harmony or union with our own true self.
We are unable to remain detached with the mind-body incorporation, just as an observer is and fall prey to our own thought process.
We know not that there is indeed a possibility of a blissful state where the mind and body is in perfect sync with each other as also with this third entity called the rational or prudent self.
This self-observing witness then curbs the comparing and blaming tendencies of the mind, as also it controls the overbearing sexual desires to transform the mind-body instincts into love, care and compassion.
We are unable to remain detached with the mind-body incorporation, just as an observer is and fall prey to our own thought process.
We know not that there is indeed a possibility of a blissful state where the mind and body is in perfect sync with each other as also with this third entity called the rational or prudent self.
This self-observing witness then curbs the comparing and blaming tendencies of the mind, as also it controls the overbearing sexual desires to transform the mind-body instincts into love, care and compassion.
The habitual cheats, however need not feel overjoyed or solace to read the above and use it as a justification to satiate their insatiable hunger, thirst or lust.
Know that love turns into lust the moment we desire anything out of or from it, save for the seeking of the self.
Know that love turns into lust the moment we desire anything out of or from it, save for the seeking of the self.
In much as the same way loyalty towards a person is also impossible.
Loyalty too is a figment of imagination of the mind, just as infidelity is.
What is infidelity to one can be loyalty to the other…
It all depends on which part of the coin we are getting one with.
Seeing the whole coin seems to be prudent in matters of heart but our mind with its make-believe or hallucinatory powers does not readily allow the heart to over rule its decision.
The mind sticks to what it sees as truth, even when it is just a perspective, a paranoid fact or half-baked truth.
We are bound by our own mind's decision to remain in that pathetic state of seeing only the half-truth.
No wonder then, that the other half of the truth is totally lost on us and apathy rules supreme.
What is infidelity to one can be loyalty to the other…
It all depends on which part of the coin we are getting one with.
Seeing the whole coin seems to be prudent in matters of heart but our mind with its make-believe or hallucinatory powers does not readily allow the heart to over rule its decision.
The mind sticks to what it sees as truth, even when it is just a perspective, a paranoid fact or half-baked truth.
We are bound by our own mind's decision to remain in that pathetic state of seeing only the half-truth.
No wonder then, that the other half of the truth is totally lost on us and apathy rules supreme.
Laws and rules and regulations of the land may favor the aggrieved party but are an utter failure when it comes to bringing back the lost happiness.
Life finds its own ways to over rule those laws.
It openly makes a mockery of such stupid laws when with the turn of events the aggrieved is turned into the guilty and the oppressor is turned into an innocent.
Moreover, if at all we pledge to adhere to those laws, they should be followed in their fullness and not just to suit our comfort.
Life finds its own ways to over rule those laws.
It openly makes a mockery of such stupid laws when with the turn of events the aggrieved is turned into the guilty and the oppressor is turned into an innocent.
Moreover, if at all we pledge to adhere to those laws, they should be followed in their fullness and not just to suit our comfort.
If “cheating” is what we are opposed to then cheat we must not on any front of life…
be it bribing, evading taxes, downloading from unofficial websites or happily purchasing or taking on rent pirated DVDs/mp3s/Cd's/VCd's.
be it bribing, evading taxes, downloading from unofficial websites or happily purchasing or taking on rent pirated DVDs/mp3s/Cd's/VCd's.
There ain't any need to forgive or forget either.
Forgiveness comes in only when we feel that we have been wronged or been taken for granted by someone.
Also, there is no way one can forget if one has felt the hurt in the first place.
We felt hurt because we genuinely believed that our rights have been masqueraded.
How childish to blame someone for agonies that are born out of our own partisan beliefs?
Forgiveness comes in only when we feel that we have been wronged or been taken for granted by someone.
Also, there is no way one can forget if one has felt the hurt in the first place.
We felt hurt because we genuinely believed that our rights have been masqueraded.
How childish to blame someone for agonies that are born out of our own partisan beliefs?
Consensual love, or call it sex if it suits your blaming mind, is a thing between two consenting adults and third party interference is not only surpassing our own rights but in fact is poking our nose or is unsolicited indulgence in someone else’s life.
Marriage may give us legal authority to interfere and have a say on such issues but then such laws are made only for fools who believe that laws can stop or prevent people from cheating.
Well, they would have been able to do so ages ago had there been any merits or strength of resolve in them to do so.
Well, they would have been able to do so ages ago had there been any merits or strength of resolve in them to do so.
Polygamy is the nature of life or else it would have never created a polygamous world.
Your legal authorities should have stopped the Supremo, the Almighty Lord after S/He created a solitary rose, or this universe's first and foremost couple in the form of Adam & Eve.That way, you would not have been born to advocate about your virtual world of monogamy.
Tell me honestly,i am aware that your prejudiced mind will not allow you to be honest even with yourself but still i dare ask and challenge your candid soul to enlighten your selfish mind.
HERE IT COMES:
Have you never ever dreamed about or fantasized about someone else's virtual or imaginative presence in your bed while making love with your legal spouse..??
Are we not off springs of a single couple to start with who are in fact copulating with their own brothers and sisters? That makes us incestuous too…isn't it?
How..??
Well..
The scientists in search of the start of human life have found out in a large study that the grand grand grand...mother or nanny of all the human-beings on planet earth, some 10000 years ago, was a single lady - call her Eve.
The scientists have traced the roots by taking out a small mass of skin from the jaws of a Japanese, an Indian, an American, an African, so on and so forth in a large sample study.
[Source of this study is an article published in Times of India newspaper some 5-6 years ago. Article is probably written by an Indian astronomer, i believe. Search Google or TOI archive gallery to find it waiting for your suspecting mind, if you please...]
They studied the DNA of all the samples and found out that the common factor in each of our DNA leads us to the fact that we are indeed sons and daughters of a single couple.
They also found out that human life started from Africa and later on with the migration that took place because of the survival issues, we are now settled where we are.
The climatic conditions then brought about the genetic mutations and made us look the way we look now.
The mind though still remains in the same ruling or autocratic state of perpetual sleep.
These findings mean that genetically we are offspring of a single parent though our physical features may differ.
The findings also render man-made divisions of cast, color, creed, religion, nations, language etc etc as a big big big political hogwash knowingly hyped-up by so called political leaders, cunning saints, fanatic dictators etc. etc. etc. to list a few from an endless list of such closed-minded people.
It means we are all one..
My common sense tells me that we are all uniquely UNIQUE...
My inner voice tells me that may be it is because of this intolerable fact that;
OUR UNIQUENESS IS SO UNCOMFORTABLY COMMON THAT IT SEEMS PRETTY ORDINARY TO ALL OF US AND HENCE, WE SPEND MOST OF THE TIME OF OUR LIFE TO APPEAR 'EXTRA-ORDINARY'.
THIS,
NOT ONLY TO PROVE OUR WORTH IN OTHER'S EYES BUT ALSO TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PERSON ON PLANET EARTH.
Your legal authorities should have stopped the Supremo, the Almighty Lord after S/He created a solitary rose, or this universe's first and foremost couple in the form of Adam & Eve.That way, you would not have been born to advocate about your virtual world of monogamy.
Tell me honestly,i am aware that your prejudiced mind will not allow you to be honest even with yourself but still i dare ask and challenge your candid soul to enlighten your selfish mind.
HERE IT COMES:
Have you never ever dreamed about or fantasized about someone else's virtual or imaginative presence in your bed while making love with your legal spouse..??
Are we not off springs of a single couple to start with who are in fact copulating with their own brothers and sisters? That makes us incestuous too…isn't it?
How..??
Well..
The scientists in search of the start of human life have found out in a large study that the grand grand grand...mother or nanny of all the human-beings on planet earth, some 10000 years ago, was a single lady - call her Eve.
The scientists have traced the roots by taking out a small mass of skin from the jaws of a Japanese, an Indian, an American, an African, so on and so forth in a large sample study.
[Source of this study is an article published in Times of India newspaper some 5-6 years ago. Article is probably written by an Indian astronomer, i believe. Search Google or TOI archive gallery to find it waiting for your suspecting mind, if you please...]
They studied the DNA of all the samples and found out that the common factor in each of our DNA leads us to the fact that we are indeed sons and daughters of a single couple.
They also found out that human life started from Africa and later on with the migration that took place because of the survival issues, we are now settled where we are.
The climatic conditions then brought about the genetic mutations and made us look the way we look now.
The mind though still remains in the same ruling or autocratic state of perpetual sleep.
These findings mean that genetically we are offspring of a single parent though our physical features may differ.
The findings also render man-made divisions of cast, color, creed, religion, nations, language etc etc as a big big big political hogwash knowingly hyped-up by so called political leaders, cunning saints, fanatic dictators etc. etc. etc. to list a few from an endless list of such closed-minded people.
It means we are all one..
My common sense tells me that we are all uniquely UNIQUE...
My inner voice tells me that may be it is because of this intolerable fact that;
OUR UNIQUENESS IS SO UNCOMFORTABLY COMMON THAT IT SEEMS PRETTY ORDINARY TO ALL OF US AND HENCE, WE SPEND MOST OF THE TIME OF OUR LIFE TO APPEAR 'EXTRA-ORDINARY'.
THIS,
NOT ONLY TO PROVE OUR WORTH IN OTHER'S EYES BUT ALSO TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PERSON ON PLANET EARTH.
Sorry, i digressed but it was needed.
So, back again to the topic of infidelity with the above understanding in our minds and we find that infidelity issues do not exist If we choose to look at the whole coin.
If we do so without bias, we find that it is only humans who marry in this entire universe and that too to curb down universal polygamy.
Well, the institution of marriage is successful only till such time till ignorance is bliss.
Once the truth comes out in its naked form, all love that we so far professed for each other in all our sincerity walks out of the door as abruptly as it came.
Its good that God didn't give us the capabilities to read each other’s mind or else we would have divorced each other earlier than we could ever fathom.
Well, that is so because we all do fantasize and what is fantasizing [about making love with some other body-mind or soul mate other than our legal spouse] but a sort of cheating or disloyalty, albeit only in thoughts?
Mind you,
thoughts are no less real than materialistic reality or else God would have not been able to create this world in just seven days; Parmaatma vedas say just said Tathaastu to create this universe; Allahtaala too just needed to say kun faaya kun to establish this world.
Well, that is so because we all do fantasize and what is fantasizing [about making love with some other body-mind or soul mate other than our legal spouse] but a sort of cheating or disloyalty, albeit only in thoughts?
Mind you,
thoughts are no less real than materialistic reality or else God would have not been able to create this world in just seven days; Parmaatma vedas say just said Tathaastu to create this universe; Allahtaala too just needed to say kun faaya kun to establish this world.
If making out of two consenting adults concerns us so much then it not only tells us but also exposes our lustful mind to others announcing publicly that our limited mindset is still very very very sexual oriented; that we are still to know the love that exists in sex and the sex that persists in love; that we are still very insecure about the act of love and are indeed yet profoundly dependent on the other to make us happy.
Oh !! what a grave ignorance and what a stupid slavery..?
Oh !! what a grave ignorance and what a stupid slavery..?
Where does love start and where does sex end?
Does sex with legal partner transform into love after marriage and does love with illegal partner turns into sex before marriage...; a sin so to speak?
Is marriage a legal license to fornicate or it is indeed a lovely way to live a happy life in trustful companionship?
Remember, that which breaks is not a TRUST but our own EXPECTATIONS or the monster called 'ever-expecting mind'.
Can we not learn to take sex as normal as it is from the animal and plant kingdom around us?
Can we stop being so skeptical, finicky and fearful about it?
One just cannot enjoy sex if one takes it any more seriously than the kind of pleasurable fun it is.
Does sex with legal partner transform into love after marriage and does love with illegal partner turns into sex before marriage...; a sin so to speak?
Is marriage a legal license to fornicate or it is indeed a lovely way to live a happy life in trustful companionship?
Remember, that which breaks is not a TRUST but our own EXPECTATIONS or the monster called 'ever-expecting mind'.
Can we not learn to take sex as normal as it is from the animal and plant kingdom around us?
Can we stop being so skeptical, finicky and fearful about it?
One just cannot enjoy sex if one takes it any more seriously than the kind of pleasurable fun it is.
Tell me, as to why do we seek loyalty in the first place?
Was it not love that brought us to the altar of marriage?
Does true love demand anything in return?
If it does it is not love but a business relationship.
In telling our spouse that you should only love me and no one else, are we not trying to make a chained dog/bitch out of them?
Have we been successful in doing so even after centuries of such trial?
Was it not love that brought us to the altar of marriage?
Does true love demand anything in return?
If it does it is not love but a business relationship.
In telling our spouse that you should only love me and no one else, are we not trying to make a chained dog/bitch out of them?
Have we been successful in doing so even after centuries of such trial?
May be, where we err is in curbing or suppressing down the natural & basic instincts which then turn into even more powerful in their suppression and take an even more ugly & menacing form.
Thereby, it outbreaks as a disease which is beyond prevention, cure or healing..
Thereby, it outbreaks as a disease which is beyond prevention, cure or healing..
May be we err in considering love as integral part of life but choose to label sex as something disgraceful, pathetic or disrespectful part of our holy life, when in truth it is love of the nature for itself that makes it create itself in such a fantastic way that all energy turns into matter and all matter disintegrates to transform itself into energy.
[Herein, i am indeed considering NATURE as GOD]
[Herein, i am indeed considering NATURE as GOD]
Tell me,
Oh you writer of the infidelity story, as to what is creation but reproduction of the self...?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
" दैनिक भास्कर ने मनाया Joy of Giving week.."
इस दिल-ए-नादाँ ने भी दिल से कुछ देने की जुर्रत की थी...,
अफ़सोस मगर...के क़ुबूल ना हुई वो भी, दुआओं की तरह..!!
भला भास्कर को कौन सिखा सकता है देने की कला..!!
दिए चला जाता है वो खुद को जला जला...
एवज में मगर उसे कुछ भी दरकार नहीं..
चलो भास्कर से सीखी जाए देने की कला..
ये सच है की भास्कर को कोई नहीं सिखा सकता की देना क्या और कैसे होता है उलट भास्कर से ही सीखनी होगी हमें ये कला I खासकर तब जब इसके सिरमोर खुद "रमेश" और "चन्द्र" हों I पर क्या कीजिये इस दिल का जो जब भास्कर की तरह देने पे आ जाता है तो ये भी नहीं सोचता की उसकी कड़ी धुप से कोई जल भी सकता है I दिल भी जब देने पे आता है तो भूल जाता है की उसके कड़े बोल-वचन किसी का दिल जला भी सकते हैं I
और क्यों करे फिकर भास्कर किसी की ?
उसे किसी से कुछ "लेना-देना" तो है नहीं I वो तो बस अपने काम से काम रखता है, फिर कोई फले-फुले या जले I इस दिल का भी कमोबेश यही हाल है I ना छपास की है भूख, ना इस बात की फिकर की कोई क्या सोचेगा I एक ज़रा सी भी आस रख ले ये दिल बदले में कुछ चाहने की तो सच से दूर हो जाता है और कबीर साहब एकदम नाराज हो कह उठते हैं :
चाह गई, चिंता मिटी, मनवा बेपरवाह,
जिसको कछु ना चाहिए वो ही शहंशाह
अत्यंत हर्ष हुआ आज, २७ सितम्बर 2010 का दैनिक भास्कर देख कर की चलो आज के इस हवस पूर्ण युग में कोई तो है जो देने के सुख की बात कर रहा है I भले ही बात हफ्ते भर में नहीं सिमट सकती पर फिर ये भी तो है की हर बड़ी चीज की शुरुआत छोटे से विनम्र प्रयास से होती है I
साधुवाद आपका की आपने "दान" के विषय में हमें सोचने-समझने का ही नहीं बल्कि अपने जीवन में इसे उतारने का अवसर प्रदान किया है I
ज्ञान दान, अन्न दान, समय दान से सम्बंधित आलेख पढ़ मन पुलकित हो जाना स्वाभाविक था पर जाने क्यों कुछ कमी सी खटकती रही दिल में और वो बार-बार उछल-उछल कर हमें खलील जिब्रान की १९२३ में छपी पुस्तक "पैगम्बर" की याद दिलाता रहा I
खलील ने इस पुस्तक में जो कुछ दान के विषय में लिखा है वो अतुलनीय है I खलील के छंदों में ख़ास बात ये होती है की वो अपने तर्क वहाँ से शुरू करते हैं जहां जाकर हमारे तर्क ख़त्म से हो जाते हैं I खलील का नजरिया हमारी सोच को और व्यापक बना देने में सक्षम है पर केवल तब ही जब हम में सच को ज्यूँ के त्यूँ स्वीकार करने की मौलिक शक्ति हो I इस शक्ति के बगैर हमें सच कडवा ज़हर सा लगेगा I
आने वाले ६ दिनों में भास्कर देने के सुख के विषय में अपनी बातें कह निश्चित रूप से हमें अनुग्रहित करेगा पर उस से पहले भास्कर से जुड़े परिवार के नवग्रहों को ही नहीं बल्कि अनगिनत सितारों को भी ये जान लेना सर्वथा उपयुक्त होगा की असल में दान या देना होता क्या है I नहीं...??
इस ज्ञान की रौशनी में जब इबारत आपके कलम से निकलेगी तो स्वाभाविक रूप से हम पाठकों के लिए ना केवल ज्ञानवर्धक अपितु तुष्टिकारक भी होगी I
इश्वर से इस प्रार्थना के साथ के ऐसा ही हो, खलील जिब्रान को उद्यत करता हूँ..
स्वीकार हो..
दान
"तब एक धनि व्यक्ति ने कहा : हमें दान का अर्थ समझाओ I
उसने उत्तर दिया :
जब तुम अपनी भौतिक सम्पदा में से दान करते हो तो, तो कुछ ना देने जैसा होता है तुम्हारा दान I
आत्म-दान करना ही वास्तविक दान है I
तुम्हारी भौतिक सम्पदा उन वस्तुओं के सिवा और क्या है, जिन्हें तुम इस डर के कारण सबसे बचाकर रखते हो की तुम्हें कल उनकी जरुरत पड़ सकती है ?
और वह भी कैसा कल ? कल का दिन उस अति दूरदर्शी को कुत्ते को क्या देगा, जो पवित्र नगर के तीर्थ यात्रियों के पीछे चलता हुआ रेगिस्तान के बेनिशान रास्तों पर जहाँ-तहां हड्डियाँ छिपा दिया करता है ?
और जरुरत का डर क्या स्वयं भी एक जरुरत नहीं है ?
तुम्हारा कुआं जल से भरा हो, फिर भी तुम प्यास से डरो, तो क्या वह एक कभी ना बुझ सकने वाली प्यास नहीं होगी ?
कई लोग हैं, जो पास में बहुत कुछ रहते हुए भी बस थोडा सा अंश दान कर देते हैं और वह भी यश की कामना से I उनकी यही परोक्ष कामना उनके दान को अपर्याप्त बना देती है I
ऐसे भी लोग हैं, जिनके पास बहुत थोडा है और वे सारा-का सारा दे डालते हैं I
ये जीवन में और जीवन की सम्पन्नता में आस्था रखनेवाले लोग होते हैं और इनका भण्डार कभी खाली नहीं होता I
दुसरे हैं, जो कष्ट से दान करते हैं और यही कष्ट उनका ईमान बन जाता है I
ऐसे लोग भी हैं, जो दान करते हैं और उन्हें दान करते कष्ट नहीं होता, न उन्हें प्रसन्नता की कामना होती है, न पुण्य कमाने की I
ऐसा है यह दान, जैसे किसी एकांत घाटी में हीना अपनी महकती हुई साँसों को पुरे वातावरण में बिखरा दे I
ऐसे ही दाता के हाथों के माध्यम से परमात्मा का सन्देश सुनाई देता है और उसकी आँखों के पीछे से परमात्मा पृथ्वी की तरफ देखकर मुस्कुराता है I
किसी की याचना पर दान करना अच्छा है, किन्तु उससे कहीं अच्छा है, बिन मांगे स्वेच्छा से देना I
ऐसे मुक्त दानी को दान की क्रिया से अधिक आनंद इस बात से मिलता है की उसके दान से उपकृत होने वाला कोई व्यक्ति उसे दिखाई दे गया है I
संसार में ऐसा क्या है, जिसे तुम अपने लिए बचा कर रखना चाहो ?
तुम्हारे पास जितना कुछ है, वह कभी-न-कभी किसी और को मिल ही जाएगा I
फिर क्यों ना अभी दे डालो की दान का मौसम तुम्हारा हो, तुम्हारे वारिसों का नहीं ?
तुम अक्सर कहते हो, ' में दान करूँगा, किन्तु केवल उसे ही जो दान का अधिकारी हो I '
तुम्हारे उद्यान के वृक्ष तो ऐसा नहीं कहते, न ही तुम्हारे चरागाहों के पशु वृन्द I
वे देते हैं की जी सकें, क्योंकि न देना उनकी मौत है I
निश्चित ही जो दिनों को और रातो को प्राप्त करने का अधिकारी है, वह तुमसे बाकी चीजों को भी प्राप्त करने का अधिकारी है I
वह जो विश्व-प्राण के समुद्र के जल को पीने का अधिकारी है, वह तुम्हारी शुद्र सरिता में से अपना प्याला भरने का अधिकारी तो है ही I
किस रेगिस्तान की विशालता तुम्हारे द्वारा किसी के दान को स्वीकार करने की दृढ़ता की, साहस की......नहीं, दानशीलता की बराबरी कर सकती है ?
तुम होते कौन हो की जरूरतमंद लोग सिर्फ इसलिए तुम्हारे सामने अपने शरीर को चिर-फाड़कर दिखाएँ और अपनी इज्ज़त को बेनकाब करें की तुम उनकी औकात को, नंगेपन को और उनकी शान को शर्मिंदगी की हालत में देख सको ?
पहले यह तो देख लो की तुम स्वयं दाता बनने या दान का उपकरण बनने के अधिकारी हो भी या नहीं ?
सच पूछो तो जीवन ही जीवन को दान करता है, जबकि तुम, जो दाता होने का दंभ करते हो, केवल उस दान के गवाह बनते हो I
तुम जो जरूरतमंद हो, तुम कृतज्ञता के काल्पनिक भार को मत ढ़ोओ, अन्यथा तुम स्वयं अपने दाता के कन्धों पर भार रख दोगे I
अच्छा होगा की तुम अपने दाता के साथ मिलकर उसके उपहारों को ऊपर उठाओ, जैसे पक्षी के दो डैने मिलकर उड़ान भरते हैं I
क्योंकि ऋण के प्रति आवश्यकता से अधिक आभार जतलाते रहना उस दाता की उदारता पर अविश्वास प्रकट करना है, जिसकी माँ यह उदारमना धरती है और पिता स्वयं परमपिता परमात्मा है I "
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